Patents by Inventor Birte Wermann

Birte Wermann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Height-adjustable safety belt fastening system coupled to the vehicle seat movement
    Patent number: 5884940
    Abstract: A height-adjustable fastening system for a safety belt of a vehicle has a guide track and a slide slidably connected to the guide track and arrestable in various positions along the guide track. A fastening or guiding bracket is connected to the slide. A Bowden cable arrangement has a first end connected to the slide and a second end connected to a vehicle seat displaceable on a first and second seat tracks. The Bowden cable arrangement includes a sleeve and a cable pull displaceably guided within the sleeve. A stationary guide is positioned in the vicinity of the first seat track. The Bowden cable arrangement is guided about the stationary guide and the sleeve is connected to the stationary guide. The cable pull is connected with a first end to the vehicle seat at a fastening location remote from the stationary guide. The cable pull transmits a displacement movement of the vehicle seat onto the slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Jan Baumann, Reinhard Flossel, Thomas Moller, Birte Wermann